Baroness Falkner of Margravine: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in the past year for which figures are available; and whether those figures are disaggregated on the basis of faith and ethnicity.

Earl Howe: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How long the Food Standards Agency was given to respond to the European Commission's recent proposal to amend the annexes of Directive 2001/15/EC in relation to creatine; whether the Commission's consultation processes were in accordance with best practice and involved all key industry stakeholders; when they expect the relevant Council standing committee to consider the proposal in question; and what their objectives are for this proposal.

Lord Warner: The Department of Health will be contributing to the Government response to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's report on Crop Spraying and the Health of Residents and Bystanders, which is being co-ordinated by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The department will consider as part of that response whether it will have plans to apply these technologies to the investigation of disease which may be related to environmental pollutants.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not keep records of which seaside resorts qualify for Objective 1 funding.
	Objective 1 funding is award locally to disadvantaged regions or areas where gross domestic product per head is less than 75 per cent. of the European Union average.
	Areas of the UK that are currently receiving Objective 1 funding are Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, West Wales and the Valleys and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
	The administration of the fund is dealt with by the Government office for the South West, Yorkshire and Humberside and the North West, plus the Welsh Assembly and Scottish Executive. It is used on a wide range of areas such as training unemployed people, creating jobs and improving the skills of the workforce, infrastructure growth, the rural economy and community development.

Lord Warner: Following publication of the analysis of responses to the public consultation on the smoke-free elements of the Health Bill on 24 November, the Department of Health was approached by Smokefree Liverpool which was concerned that no specific mention of its campaign had been made in the report.
	Immediately on receiving this message, the department gave a commitment that it would check all the responses received and check that responses from Smokefree Liverpool had been fully taken into account.
	As soon as that check is complete, I will write to the noble Lord with a full Answer to his Questions, and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.